“Listen children and you shall hear/The midnight ride of Paul Revere.
” So begins a famous poem penned by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
The poet’s rendition of events, while not historically accurate, is a great contribution to American folklore.
Paul Revere’s life was colorful, however, and facts alone make for interesting history.
Paul Revere was a man [...]
Just off of US Highway 395, at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, motorists can find one of the black eyes of American history.
There stands the Manzanar War Relocation Center in which thousands of Japanese-Americans were confined during World War II.
It is a harsh reminder of civil liberties being restricted during wartime.
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Over the summer of 1692, members of the Massachusetts Bay Colony became caught up in a frenzy of superstition and scapegoating.
From June through September, they sent 19 fellow residents to Gallows Hill for hanging.
They pressed another man to death with heavy stones.
Others died in prison or languished there for months.
The victims [...]
